Abstract

AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF PALITYA(GRAYING OF HAIR) AND SOME MEDICINAL PLANT USED IN PALITYA

*Dr. Amit Singh, Dr. Ayush Kr. Garg and 3Dr. Chandan Singh

Abstract

According to ayurveda,in a living body all the ailments and sufferings are due to the disharmony and dis-equilibrium of the doshas. Hence the ayurvedic therapies main aim is to treat disorders, prevent disease and rebalance the body dosha, dhatu, malas and mind gunas. The concept of beauty and cosmetics is as old as mankind and civilization. Hair are most common structure there can be used cosmetics like as dyeing and coloring. Clean, healthy and black hairs considers good especially in Indian sub-continental. Diet and lifestyle are two major factors that influence the health of the hair. Poor diet, illness and deficiencies of any particular vitamin and mineral affect the quality of hair and problems like dandruff, thinning hair, balding, premature graying etc.spoil the hair. Keeping these views, I made attempt to show of some selected herbs for finding their coloring potential and stability. I am trying to show the efficacy(literary view) of JAPA (Hibiscus rosa sinensis), Neelini (Indigofera tinctoria), Madayantika(Lawsonia inermis),Bhringraj(Eclipta alba),Majuphal (Quercus infectoria), Haritak(Terminalia chebula),Amla(Emblica officinalis),Vibhitak (Terminalia belerica) regarding hair coloring agents in a given ayurvedic texts.

Keywords: Dosha, Dhatu, Mala.